Killiecrankie

 Our first anchorage in Tasmania was at the north east end of Flinders Island near the fishing village of Killiecrankie.  We anchored well north of the village to get protection from the prevailing wind and swell.  Our first shore excursion was to climb the 316 metre Mt. Killiecrankie, an 11km hike.

The beach had a massive rock arch - note True North at anchor seen through the arch

The arch is very large!

The start of our hike - leaving the beach headed for the summit.

It was a fairly easy hike up the mountain with lots of good views.

The view from about 1/2 way.

Still left to climb…

There were many unusual rock formations as we climbed.

Lots of rocks were perched on others and created many caves 

“Old Man’s Head”  The bay we are anchored in is called Old Man’s Bay  and gets,its name from this natural rock formation.


We arrived at the summit and enjoyed the great views in all directions.

Andrew on the summit of Mt. Killiecrankie 

Looking north

Looking east

Looking south

Andrew fills out the logbook to document our assent


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